Oh man, it’s Monday and time for a blog entry again, isn’t it? I’ve been a bit out of it, and Daylight Savings doesn’t help…
Last week I presided over a huge extravaganza of events at my work. 2 days of a cadre of complex stuff. It all was terribly exhausting, but went well. I also got to work from the President’s kitchen on Thursday. That was definitely the highlight of my time at Scripps so far. Her house is BEAUTIFUL, and we used it as home base for our event guests since we’re between presidents and no one is actually living there right now. It’s an understatement to say that it was lovely. Catering had left fresh flowers everywhere.
In the middle of that crazy was the Chapman Pumpkin Carving Contest. Brian’s department had won for 3 years in a row, but everyone was SO BUSY this year. They usually get planning about a month before everything happens. This year they had a few days. On the nights I wasn’t working late, Brian and I stayed up and made Memorial Hall (where the President’s Office is located) out of poster board so a mini-DeLorean could time travel onto the campus and they could pass out “Save Memorial Hall” pamphlets. They defended their title, so they’ve now been winners for 4 years running. I’m officially married to an award winning fellow, several times over.
Prizes were Harry and David pears… Brian brought me 2 of them as a thanks for mini-buildings. I do not know why those pears are the best things in the entire universe, but they are. I ate the second one for breakfast this morning.
I am now smack in the middle of NaNoWriMo. It’s going well – so far, I’m ahead. Crazy, right? I’m never ahead. I think the fact that the book is all in Epistolary form is helping me. It’s easy to write several billion letters. And if I need to cut out half those letters in the future, it’s also easy to do. I’ll tell you right now, though… I’ve been doing one Scrivener chapter for each letter and my sidebar looks NUTS, it’s so full.
That’s about all from the realm of Caseyville. I have not had nearly enough cuddle time with the kitten lately. The weather is finally cooling off a bit here, though. I have optimistically bought firewood. I’m determined to have a fall, whether the California drought lets me or not…
Casey E. Hamilton 